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Stuffy, foggy head during every trip. Contaminated mushrooms?
#26553668 - 03/23/20 06:23 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hello! Wondering if any of you could give me some advice. I'm new to psychedelics and after recently having a successful first grow of my own mushrooms I was quite eager to try them out.
I started off microdosing .20g with no noticeable effects which was exactly what I was expecting but as soon as I began experimenting with doses higher than .5g up to 2g (the highest I've taken so far) I experience a thick, foggy, pressure in the head type feeling that kind of ruins the trip every time I take them.
I'm beginning to think there might be something wrong with my batch. Visually they looked in good shape with no contamination during the growth cycle and they were dried in a dehumidifier till cracker dry immediately after harvesting.
It's kind of the same way your head feels when coming off SSRIs abruptly (which I no longer take so can't be conflicting chems or anything) If anyone familiar with the way that feels.
So is this normal to experience this while taking mushrooms? It's definitely not a mental thing I seem to be having a physical reaction to them.
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Re: Stuffy, foggy head during every trip. Contaminated mushrooms? [Re: Kenerdy]
#26553828 - 03/23/20 07:27 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Cubensis?
Are you trying to microdose or trip? Those numbers are too much for microdosing daily.
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Re: Stuffy, foggy head during every trip. Contaminated mushrooms? [Re: SynKyd]
#26554348 - 03/24/20 02:46 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Sorry I wasn't particularly clear in my post. I microdosed sub .20g on a 5-2 schedule for two weeks to experiment with the dosage in this range I had a few days off then then started taking the higher doses in the +.5g to 2g range but not daily I was giving it around 5-7 days between sessions. Each time I took them I had the same stuffy head about an hour after ingestion. I even tried lemon tek to see if that would make any difference but it was the same so I'm wondering if it's normal to have that kind of reaction or are the mushrooms I grew possibly contaminated somehow? They are cubensis yeah. Thanks
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Re: Stuffy, foggy head during every trip. Contaminated mushrooms? [Re: Kenerdy]
#26554352 - 03/24/20 02:53 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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It's not from contamination. Have you eaten cubensis previously to the ones you grew?
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Re: Stuffy, foggy head during every trip. Contaminated mushrooms? [Re: hummingbird]
#26554420 - 03/24/20 04:50 AM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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... sounds like COVID-19 to me.
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Re: Stuffy, foggy head during every trip. Contaminated mushrooms? [Re: Kenerdy]
#26555176 - 03/24/20 01:52 PM (3 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
Kenerdy said: ....Each time I took them I had the same stuffy head about an hour after ingestion....
And what happens after that hour? Are you saying you only experience this for the first hour or are you saying it doesn't start until about an hour after you've dosed? And you feel this way through out the entire 4+ hour trip?
IME....During the first 90 to 120 minutes after dosing I usually feel quite slow mentally/cognitively, very cold, weak, lethargic, sedated/sleepy, a bit cloudy/foggy minded...All I want to do is lay down & curl up in a ball and wait for the come up to pass...But after about 90 to 120 minutes or so after dosing pretty much all of those aspects fade away and usually turn into the contrary for me (I feel very enhanced & sharp mentally/cognitively, I feel warm/euphoric, have energy, etc etc).
For myself, mushrooms have two very distinct and different "phases" that I go through (and a lot of other folks notice/experience this as well)....Feeling a bit foggy minded isn't out of the ordinary for me during the initial phase of the trip, but that aspect fades away once I am in the second phase of the trip (usually 90 to 120 min after dosing).
I've also experienced this when I've taken relatively low doses...Sometimes with low doses I'm stuck in the "first phase" of the trip and left in a weird spot. Feeling "off", tired, foggy minded, kinda cold/weak & slow & sleepy. I basically feel like I'm stuck in the "coming up" phase...For this reason I don't like taking small/threshold/micro doses, they usually leave me in a weird spot.
I don't have much to say or advice...but I'd say continue to work with the mushrooms and see if you notice this aspect changing as the trip goes on, and maybe consider taking a higher dose .
It took me a while before I learned how I react/interact with mushrooms and developed a relationship with them.
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Re: Stuffy, foggy head during every trip. Contaminated mushrooms? [Re: hummingbird]
#26562520 - 03/28/20 04:20 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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No this is a first for me but I found the stuffy feeling completely ruined the experience and it's been the same every time I have tried them. I decided to eat 20g of fresh very clean looking mushrooms to see if it was my drying technique but I experienced the exact same feeling.
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Re: Stuffy, foggy head during every trip. Contaminated mushrooms? [Re: openmind]
#26562536 - 03/28/20 05:05 AM (3 years, 9 months ago) |
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It's the same way the whole way though and continues on for a good few hours after the trip. I definitely don't experience any clarity of though or sharpness or anything I get the visual distortions and the perception of an inner world so to speak which has been fantastic but the lethargy ends up taking over eventually and most times I've taken them I've actually nodded off which I'm finding unusual. I also don't seem to get the intense feelings of love, joy, connectedness or even fear that most describe but that could just be entirely me..
I'll try upping the dosage as you mentioned and see how that pans out I've been a bit reluctant so far in the journey as the stuffiness is quite off putting. Not in an anxious sense, it's just uncomfortable physically while trying to relax, take it in and enjoy the experience. Similar I'd imagine to tripping with a cold or a sinus infection I suppose..
What sort of dosage do you usually require to get you though that first phase? I'm thinking maybe 3.5g next time and seeing how that goes I want to avoid a completely uncontrollable blast off until I have a bit more experience working with them as I trip alone. A lot of what you're describing sounds like I'm definitely stuck in the 'first phase' so to speak.
Cheers for the response anyways it's been helpful. It's difficult to get hold of mushrooms where I'm from so growing my own was an only option (and a very enjoyable one). For that reason it has concerned me that I may have got something wrong a long the way but nothing looked particularly unusual.
Cheers
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